THE INDEPENDENT

Fort Lewis College Strategic Planning Session: STEM or Liberal Arts?

Story by Alexandra Lamb Photo by Allison Anderson

The marketable future of Fort Lewis College was discussed in a strategic meeting Jan. 21, 2016, in the Colorado Room on campus.

The marketable future of Fort Lewis College was discussed in a strategic meeting Jan. 21, 2016, in the Colorado Room on campus. The meeting was facilitated by Ann Duffield, founding principal of Ann Duffield and Colleagues LLC, and it was open to a mix of faculty, staff and students. The first half of the meeting focused on the importance of technology to the future of FLC Evan...

Not so ExCITING

Opinion by Jarred Green Graphic by Julia Volzke

 
Over the weekend, I was issued a citation for speeding, which is as I’m sure anyone who has been ticketed can attest to, was not all that pleasant of an experience.

Over the weekend, I was issued a citation for speeding, which is as I’m sure anyone who has been ticketed can attest to, was not all that pleasant of an experience.   The very next day, I visited the online website for the Durango Herald, and it had an article about the low number of actual speeding citations issued in 2014 compared to the numbers in 2015.   This...

The EcoFlight looks at the Animas from Above: Mega Drought

Story by Keenan Malone

On October 14, Josey Burkett, a freshman at Fort Lewis College participated in the EcoFlight educational trip across the western United States along with other interdisciplinary FLC students.

On October 14, Josey Burkett, a freshman at Fort Lewis College participated in the EcoFlight educational trip across the western United States along with other interdisciplinary FLC students.   The route of this non-profit, education-focused airplane flight begins in Aspen, Colorado before flying over the deserts and other regions of the southwest, highlighting a variety of...

Formation of Black Student Union: New Club at FLC

Story by Jamie K Draper

There is a new club on the Fort Lewis College campus titled Black Student Union. The group was formed this fall semester, to acknowledge and address needs and concerns that are specific to black students.

 

There is a new club on the Fort Lewis College campus titled Black Student Union. The group was formed this fall semester, to acknowledge and address needs and concerns that are specific to black students.     A New Club Forms   Black Student Union is a group that appears at colleges and universities across the nation, Anthony Nocella, assistant professor of sociology...

Zen and the Art of Validation

Opinion by Luke Perkins, Photo Illustration by Camden Smith, Julia Volzke and Sean Summers

I was recently talking to a friend about her lack of success in the dating world and she said something that, at the time was highly amusing but also kind of profound.

I was recently talking to a friend about her lack of success in the dating world and she said something that, at the time was highly amusing but also kind of profound.   She said something along the lines of, “when I start seriously dating someone I’m going to rent a microphone and go around campus screaming ‘someone validates me’.”   Now...

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